If I want to register, what should I do?

 To register as an organ and tissue donor, click here. Donate Life New England is an online registry for all New England residents to declare their wish to save lives.  

Please share this decision with your family. 

You may also make your decision known through the CT DMV or the MA RMV when you receive or renew your driver's license or state ID.   You will be asked if you wish to become an organ and/or tissue donor.  The information you provide goes into a donor registry database accessible by the organ procurement organization (OPO) in the event you are eligible to give the gift of life. In Massachusetts, please be sure to check "yes" to donation on your renewal form.

  If you register as a donor in Connecticut or Massachusetts (by either or both routes), this is considered legal consent for organ and tissue donation.  It is also very important to make your wishes known to your family.  

As a donor, you have the power to save and improve the lives of over 75 people.

 

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Anyone is eligible to be an organ donor unless their cause of death disqualifies their organs and tissues for transplantation. For instance, patients with active cancer or HIV infection are not considered candidates for organ or tissue donation. People who have died by brain death (cessation of brain function usually due to a traumatic injury or stroke) can donate all organs and tissue unless there are other medical reasons that rule them out. Donors who have no cardiac or respiratory function (people whose hearts have stopped) can donate tissue and eyes, and in some cases organs can also be donated. Healthy individuals may also be eligible for living organ donation. A suitable candidate may donate a kidney to a family member or friend, and continue to live a normal healthy life. The same is possible for partial liver and lung donation.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 15 July 2009 20:50 )